Graves v. First National Bank of Bonham

ACKER, Presiding Judge.—

The First National Bank of Bonham brought this suit in the Justice Court of Precinct No. 1 of Fannin County against Smith Graves and James W. Graves as makers and R. H. Taylor as endorser, on a promissory note for $150. The defendants Smith and James W. Graves pleaded that they were residents of Precinct No. 3, and claimed their privilege of being sued in that precinct; they also pleaded that the note sued on was the property of R. H. Taylor and not the property of plaintiff, and that the consideration for which the note was given had failed. These pleas were sworn to…